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Navy Requires Training on New Transgender Policy
The ban was lifted on the transgendered serving in the military, and the war college is complying with the new policies.
NEWPORT, RI—The Naval War College is holding mandatory training sessions on the military's new policy on transgendered people.
Capt. Tamara Graham, chief of staff at U.S. Naval War College (NWC), and Command Master Chief Craig Cole recently conducted mandatory Department of the Navy transgender policy training for Navy and Marine Corps military personnel in Newport.
On June 30, 2016, the Secretary of Defense announced that the Department of Defense had lifted the ban preventing transgender individuals from openly serving their nation in the military. In accordance with the new policy, all NWC military personnel are required to attend one of the four training sessions that will take place throughout January, which address the new procedures concerning transgender Sailors and Marines and provide time for policy questions to be answered.
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